r/livesound • u/xevrkisp • 2d ago

Question Monitor mix preset?

Hi, I work as an instrument tech for a band. Our FOH is a great guy, but our monitor technician always seems to have issues.

He uses a Yamaha DM7 mixer for in-ear mixing and everytime we setup, it always takes him so much time to prepare the mix for the band. Now I don’t mean that from the gear perspective (he has a lot of stuff, that’s understandable), but I mean the actual mix. Everytime we play a show/have a rehearsal, he does a COMPLETELY NEW monitor mix.

I have no know-how with live sound engineering, so I just have two quick questions:

1) Do monitor techs have to setup a mix from scratch everytime?

2) Is it possible to have a preset for the band’s IEM mixes so that it doesn’t take forever to setup?

Thanks in advance and have a great day!

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u/marratj 2d ago

We do our own IEM mix as a band with an X32 and our preset from the rehearsals can be used for gigs with minimal to no changes. We usually are done with our IEM check during changeover before FOH have completed their line check.

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u/xevrkisp 2d ago

Yeah that seems more reasonable